- Robby had his last physical therapy, he thinks, this morning. Reagan left early for work, and I was almost out of the bed by the time that they both left. I was staying in bed as long as I could though.
- Since I was the only one awake this morning, I went on a 2 mile walk-Bentley on lasted one of those miles. We were walking down the driveway, and I needed just a bit to get to one mile. I always leave the driveway and head to the door right after I walk past a certain tree each day. Since I needed a bit more to make a mile, I tried to keep going on the driveway-she would have none of that so I dropped her off.
- Soon I was running upstairs to wake Keaton up for her Bible study this morning. I had meant to wake her up earlier, and she had meant to not his snooze for so long. She had plenty of time though, and soon I was dropping her off at church.
- I ran home for a few minutes and picked up Whitman, and then picked Keaton up. We stopped by Nonna and Pops' house for some lunch on our way home.
- This afternoon Keaton worked on a sign that she is painting for a fourth of July party. Whitman and I did our summer spelling and summer math. They both have some chores left to do today, and I believe that Whitman still has his other school work to do.
- Keaton, Whitman, Robby, and I ran a few errands this afternoon. Keaton wanted to go to Platos, and she found 2 shirts. Whitman and Robby hit up Baskin Robbins while we were at the other store. Then we went to Walmart to pick up their snacks for their mission trip which leaves on Saturday. Finally, we stopped at Sams and picked up pizza for our supper.
- We have all eaten now, watched the campers eat supper on instagram, and watched the news. Now, we are going to stay on this couch for the rest of the evening.
June 30, 2025
June 29, 2025
- Sunday morning here, and we were out the door at a decent time. Keaton was wearing something that Reagan would wear, and Reagan was wearing Keaton's clothes. Anderson and I were matching so when we left Grannymom's house, so we had our pictures made.
- Reagan worked in the preschool during Sunday school. The other kids' Sunday school class was very short, so they spent a good deal of time waiting on our class to finish.
- After eating and visiting at Grannymom's house, we headed home. Reagan was the first one to leave to go and play pickleball and possibly hammock (that is the young person tern used for laying in a hammock). Keaton was the next to leave because she went to the pool with Charlotte.
- Robby left next to go and pick up supper for us. Well, he mainly picked up supper for the campers before they spend the night on the bus to Beach Camp with Rock Creek. After everyone ate, the big boys went to play volleyball.
- Robby and I are binge-ing youtube videos, and I possibly will make some chocolate chip cookies. However, I stalled for a bit before calling Whitman to help. We made the cookies, and I was in the bathroom while he took the cookies out of the oven. Apparently, he touched the pan after it was on the counter and burned the mess out of his arm.
- He handled it well, and thankfully we have prescription burn cream from another time with Graham. The cookies were good though. However, Whitman said that they were not as good as all of the work that we had to put in-the recipe called for brown butter so that took us a while.
- At 9:30, we dropped Campbell, Anderson, and Graham off at Rock Creek for their week at the beach. They were excited but were also dreading the bus ride a bit since it is so long.
June 28, 2025
- What have we done today? Nothing at all. It was a fairly slow day around here-no one left the house except for Reagan, and she actually left the house twice.
- Reagan left early this morning to go and walk a trail at Lake Catherine with Ethan, and tonight she went to eat with a friend and then to play pickleball.
- I woke up and did the house things, but then I sat down and finished a book and finished one more square for my quilt. I actually have only 20 more to crochet, but then I have to attach all 100+ to each other, but first I will have to learn how to do that.
- Robby and I tried to fix a shelf in the camper. He had a good idea of how to make it work, but it didn't. We bought something for plan b, so we will have to wait to see if it works. I went back inside and moved somethings around in the school room closet.
- I am getting anxious to buy my things for school, but I'm going to have to wait for a few more weeks. Hopefully, I can get things in time to finish in time, but we shall see. Next week, Whitman and Keaton will be home so they will be able to get a good bit done.
- We made orange chicken for supper, and then Campbell made chocolate chip cookies for dessert. There has been lots of packing this evening-Campbell, of course, packed quite a few days ago. Graham had me help him pack, and it didn't take too long since he had everything already out in the floor. I think that Anderson has packed-at least I hope so!
June 27, 2025
- I was up in plenty of time this morning so I didn't have to scurry around. I was able to do a few chores plus make some muffins for Laynie's breakfast. We left a few minutes early and dropped Laynie off on the way home. Campbell had spent a long time last night doing Laynie's nails, and they were quiet impressive.
- Then I dropped the girls off to babysit. I hurried on to Academy to pick up another pair of shorts for Anderson, and then I went to Walmart to buy snacks for the beach camp goers (Campbell, Anderson, and Graham).
- I came back home and did a few things around the house-the not so fun activities included cleaning the shower and organizing a closet. The fun items were working on Anderson's college stuff (it's like a scavenger hunt around the house finding things plus every time I go to the store I buy a few things he needs.) and helping Graham fill out his application to Ouachita.
- Soon it was time to pick up Campbell and Keaton. They made good money, so we went off to spend it. Our first stop was the revenue office for Reagan to get her real id. We waited a bit over 30 minutes, but since we were in Bryant I think that our wait was less than it would have been in Little Rock.
- Then we went to TJMax. Everyone found something there-I had just bought Keaton sports bras, so when Campbell and Reagan both found some, I had to volunteer to pay for those too. Keaton found two other tops that she bought plus she found a birthday present for a friend.
- While we were home between Campbell and Keaton's jobs, I made banana bread with Whitman. The recipe is our standard, but it is delicious. He made the whole thing himself because I was busy with other things around the kitchen-I did melt the butter and spray the pan, but other than that I was no help to him at all except for clean up.
- I left again with Campbell and Keaton to take them to church to keep kids tonight. Usually they are just paid in camp money, but tonight they were paid in cash so that was fun. After dropping them off, I picked up ChickFilA for Graham and Reagan who had gift cards Anderson had a gift card, but he opted to save it for another time.
- I came home and offered to fix Whitman a snacky supper so I filled a muffin tin with everything I could think of. It was a lot of food, but I think that he ate it all. I did sit down for a few minutes, but soon it was time to leave again to pick up the girls. They wanted to go to ChickFilA on the way home, and since they had both made plenty of money today, we stopped there.
- On the way home, Campbell asked what we were doing tomorrow, and I told her that I did not know what we were doing, but I did know that I was not driving them anywhere at all!...though I'm sure I will.
June 26, 2025
- Last night before I put my phone up, I set my alarm this morning so I could wake everyone up early enough that we wouldn't have to hurry and so that we would have time to make lunches. I sat up in bed about 30 minutes after my alarm should have rang-I sat my alarm for pm last night.
- Thankfully, all of the kids except for Whitman were already awake and moving upstairs. (Reagan was still laying in bed-the girls had woken her up, but she was off today and would have liked to sleep in a bit.) I woke Whitman up and started taking lunch orders.
- Everyone was in a decent mood even though they were having to scurry a little bit. Today was Fun Day at church-it is a bit ambitious naming something "Fun Day," but I do think that all of my kids had fun.
- They played games at church the first half of the day-Murder in the Dark and Hide and Seek were some of them. Whitman won one of those games so I really think that he enjoyed that part of the day. They then had lunch a the church house.
- The next part of the day was not Whitman's favorite-they went to a gym to play for a bit. Everyone else loved every minute of it-my crew mostly played volleyball. Whitman did play some pickleball at the very end.
- Since Whitman persevered through the day, I had Anderson swing by the gas station and let everyone get a drink. When they all came in, everyone had lots to tell me about the day.
- It was a little bit after they arrived, that Reagan left to go and meet her friend. Then she met up with Anderson and everyone else at church for Bible study. After church Reagan and her friends went to one Sonic while Anderson met up with Graham and their buddies at another Sonic.
- Robby and I went to eat without Sunday school class. Robby had brought home some pizza for everyone to eat tonight. Laynie came over, and Campbell has spent most of the night painting her nails.
June 25, 2025-Camping at Petit Jean
Robby and I slept decently late this morning. However, we aren't really good at just relaxing on our last day at a campground. We aren't just not good at relaxing on the last day, we are pretty horrible at it. Robby had swept the camper before we even ventured outside to start tearing things down.
It was hot this morning, but we took it slow and didn't get hot...well, the zipper on the tent did get stuck, so that caused a slowdown. Finally, Robby was able to get it unstuck, and all was well. Soon, Robby started the camper, and I started the van, and we were on our way.
I had to run to Hobby Lobby to buy a tshirt for Campbell on the way home. I put Hobby Lobby in the phone, and it took me home through Conway-I wanted to go home the back roads and just get off nearby, but I didn't realize I was going a different way until it was too late. However, when I was near Conway, I did remember that their Hobby lobby is right off the interstate, so I ran in there to get her shirt.
Also, when I was driving home, I started to wonder if Whitman was actually in the camper. Yesterday, we had to wake him up at 1, and he wouldn't leave the camper without telling us. However, my mind did start wondering if maybe he wasn't in the camper, and we had left. I debated calling Robby to just double check. You will be glad to know that Whitman was safely in the camper sound asleep. He did stir when Robby made it to Chenal. Robby knew that he was awake because he got down from his spot to make himself lunch just 8 minutes from the house.
We pulled in and started to unload. The house was fairly straight which was surprising since Reagan had just returned this morning from her mission trip. Graham had picked her up from church a bit before we made it home. She had a good time and had already started her laundry when I walked in the door.
It didn't take us too long to unpack the camper. Robby even cleaned it this afternoon so it is ready to go again. This evening I heated up chicken tacos for everyone's supper. Right now I would have to say that is everyone's favorite meal for sure.
Later in the evening, we went to On the Border with the Wilsons. We have missed a few Sunday nights and will miss a few more, so it was nice to catch up. Now, to get these people in the bed!
June 24, 2025-Camping at Petit Jean
We slept late enough this morning that we didn't even go on a walk because we knew that it was too hot. It was almost noon when we finally realized that Bentley had not been out. Robby and I had both gotten ready and then climbed back in the bed. He did some work, and I did some crocheting.
At 2, we decided to go to the pool. Whitman, to our surprise, said that he would ride his bike there. We took off in the van, and he took off on his bike. It didn't take Robby and I long to realize that the pool was closed. That was a bit disappointing.
We caught Whitman before he rode all the way to the pool. Robby put his bike in the back of the van, and we headed off for another adventure. This adventure wasn't Whitman's favorite, but we walked on Cedar Creek trail. It was a little over a mile, but it was really a neat trail.
Whitman isn't much of a hiker, and about after a half of a mile, he was done. He pressed on, and we made it out alive. Most of the trail we were by the creek, but there were also some cool rocks and one area that we were in was like a grotto.
When we finished the hike, we did celebrate with some ice cream. Robby and Whitman both had 2 scoops, but I just had one. Whitman should have probably only had one scoop because he didn't eat his ice cream fast enough that it didn't melt everywhere.
Tonight we had baked potatoes and grilled chicken for supper. I heated up some of my famous baked beans (from Sams.) We had things to make s'mores this trip and even wood for a fire, but we never got around to it. Whitman did find the marshmallows tonight so I guess that is at least part of a s'more.
Robby and I picked up some tonight so we won't have to do as much tomorrow since it will be warm. We could stay a few more days here-especially a few more days when the weather is a little bit cooler.
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